The "new normal growth" and the future of China's economy

CERDI-IDREC, Clermont Auvergne University, France and CCES, Fudan University,

Shanghai, China

Clermont-Ferrand, 19-20 October, 2017

The CERDI-IDREC organizes an international conference on Chinese economy every two years. The conference attracts participants worldwide to address major economic issues and challenges that China and the world are currently facing. For this 11th edition, the conference is organized with CCES, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

The overall theme is: The "new normal growth" and the future of China's economy. The theme is significant and timely from both the research and policy perspectives.

China is officially entering a “new normal” era for its economy. After the slowdown of growth, the economy is rebalancing. The world turmoil has probably accelerated the adjustments but nevertheless, China is entering a new phase and must avoid the so called middle-income trap. The trade engine is less efficient and the government has implemented policies to boost the domestic demand. China is facing a demographic transition with an ageing population and the society is asking for more social security, more pensions but also more environmental safety. The domestic economy is deeply changing with the service domination in the output, the upgrading of industrial production and the unfinished reforms of state enterprises and of the financial sector. The project “One Belt, one Road” is supposed to design the new international strategy of China and serve its interests, for the domestic economy as well as for trade and Foreign Direct Investments. Consequently, the challenges are numerous and the uncertainty is high.

The themes of this conference are:

- Consumption as the engine of growth

- The demographic challenge

- The reform of the State-owned enterprises

- The evolution of inequalities and the social stability

- The reform of the financial sector

- The environmental policy

- The renminbi as an international currency

- The upgrading of technology

- The competitiveness of China’s economy

- The relationships between China and the developing economies

Keynote speakers:

Fan Gang, NERI, Peking University, China

Barry Naughton, University of California, San Diego, USA

Wing Thy WOO, University of California at Davis, USA

Jun Zhang, CCES, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

As for the previous conferences the best papers will be published in the China Economic Review and/or in a book format.

HOW TO SUBMIT

Interested authors should submit either a draft or a detailed abstract of their paper by 30 June 2017, to:

china.conference.2017@uca.fr. The abstract should include the objectives, the methodology as well as the expected results.

The scientific committee, in collaboration with the local organizing committee, will select papers for the conference. A confirmation of accepted papers will be sent to the authors by 15 July 2017.

The final version of the papers should be submitted by 30 September 2017.

HOW TO REGISTER

Registration: closed on 15 October 2017

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

General information as well as updates about the conference can be viewed on the CERDI-IDREC website

http://www.uca.fr/Chine2017.html

CONTACT

Questions concerning the conference can be emailed to: china.conference.2017@uca.fr

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:

C. Batisse (CERDI-IDREC, Clermont Auvergne University, France), Z.Chen (CCES, Fudan University,

China), G. Fan (NERI, Peking University, China), B. Fleisher (Ohio State University, USA), J.Hou

(University of California, Long Beach, USA), J.Knight (OXCEP, Oxford University, GB), J.Y.Lin, (NSD,

Peking University) M.Lu (Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China), B. Naughton, (University of California, San Diego, USA), S.Poncet (University Paris 1, CEFC Hong Kong, France), P.Prime (Kennesaw State University, USA), M-F. Renard (CERDI-IDREC, Clermont Auvergne University, France), S. Rozelle (University of Stanford, USA), W.T. Woo (University of California, Davis, USA), Y. Wu (University of Western Australia, Australia), J.Zhang (CCES, Fudan University, China)

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

C.Anne, Chantal Brige-Ukpong, C.Gaubert, Y.He, MF Renard.